Water/wastewater
Pollution-detecting 'colour-coded bacteria' developed
Sep 23 2008
The new bacteria are colour-coded in order to measure the extent of water contamination from oil.
A trial conducted at sea proved to be a success, as the bacteria, which are installed with a blue light-omitting protein, detected oil in tainted water.
According to the scientists involved in its development, the bacteria are cheap to manufacture as well as being a greener option than current detection methods.
Professor Jan Van der Meer, from Switzerland's University of Lausanne, explained: "The heart of our colour sensor system is the bacteria themselves. They reproduce themselves in a growth medium, which makes the whole set-up really cheap."
In related news, last week it was discovered that two oil spills occurred along the Texas coastline as a result of Hurricane Ike hitting the area around two weeks ago.
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